Fig. 2: Social support facilitated threat memory extinction and prevented the return of threat responses.
From: Social support facilitates threat extinction retention in humans: an fMRI study
A Mean differential SCR (CS+ minus CS–) during threat conditioning. B Perceived social support before and after interaction/staying alone. C Mean differential SCR during threat extinction. D Mean differential SCR during spontaneous recovery test. E Mean differential SCR during reinstatement test. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (n = 47 to 49 per group). *p < 0.05, comparison between the last 3 trials of threat learning and the first 3 trials of the threat learning, the last 3 trials of threat extinction and the first 3 trials of threat extinction, the last 3 trials of threat extinction and the first 3 trials of the spontaneous recovery test, and between the last 3 trials of the spontaneous recovery test and the first 3 trials of the reinstatement test (all within-group); †p < 0.05, comparison of mean differential SCR between support group and no-support group. CS+ conditioned stimulus with electric shock, CS– conditioned stimulus without electric shock.
